Fire as a recurrent event in tropical forests of the eastern Amazon: Effects on forest structure, biomass, and species composition

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-16

  Cochrane, Mark A ^a,c   Schulze, Mark D ^b  

^a Inst do Homem Meio Ambiente da A   (Brazil)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cyclical disturbance; Eastern Amazon; Fire; Fire susceptibility; Forest degradation; Forest ecology; Species shifts; Succession; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE;

AMAZON; BRAZIL;

EID: 0032770708     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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